Electrolicious

33rd Birthday: Awesome! I got bangs and went to Olympus Spa and had lots of walks with the dog and a great dinner with dear friends. Thanks for all the well-wishings, everyone!

Montana weekend: Intense! There was a fresh baby and a wedding and lots of tears. Dre’s stepmother made it to the wedding, which was the most important thing. The terrifying “two weeks left” prognosis seems to have been extended, which makes me happy for everyone, but especially Dre’s half-sis. She needs all the time she can get with her mom, now that she’s a new mom herself.

As a diversion from the intenseness, I spent some time with an enormous light-up shoe sculpture that a woman commissioned for her front yard:

I took 500 pictures this weekend, and they’re slowly going up here.

Today is my 33rd birthday and I have the day off. It’s going to be 90 degrees out and I have Special Plans with myself for the day, which include a long breezy walk with my dog in the afternoon, and then dinner with a few friends. It is a very happy day.

33 birthday prezzies for which I am deeply appreciative:
1. My health
2. My husband Andreas
3. My parents, individually and collectively
4. Chateau Fetzllings, our home
5. Seattle, the city that I keep leaving and always return to
6. Extended family of aunts, cousins, outlaw mothers, sisters of various sorts, etc.
7. My job (unexpectedly awesome)
8. A community of friends that’s in constant shift, but always solid
9. Dance & stretching
10. Platforms & soapboxes
11. Sassafras & warm sleepy puppy smell
12. Seasonal shifts
13. Afternoon delight/naps
14. Temperate rainforests
15. Deep bass
16. Generosity that comes back around in unexpected ways
17. Enthusiasm
18. Hustle
19. Skin
20. Sweet black tea in bed in the mornings
21. Olympic coastline
22. Smoke
23. Social psychology
24. Emotional articulation
25. The Internet and other connective technologies
26. Waking up without an alarm
27. Gossip/storytelling
28. Particularities
29. Hitachi Magic Wand
30. Crisis competence
31. Learning internal lessons from external triggers
32. Snuggling
33. A voice that projects